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Operating Highlights
Coal production of 106.2 million tonnes was 33.3 million tonnes
(24%) lower than in 2019, reflecting the impacts of the pandemic via
stopped or reduced work in Colombia and South Africa, extended care
and maintenance at Prodeco, plus market-related supply reductions in
Australia in H2 2020.
Australian coking
Production of 7.6 million tonnes was 1.6 million tonnes (17%) down
on 2019, reflecting downtime at Oaky Creek with an additional
longwall move in the current period, timing of coking coal
processing at Newlands and planned wash plant maintenance at Hail
Creek.
Australian thermal and semi-soft
Production of 66.7 million tonnes was 12.5 million tonnes (16%) down
on 2019, mainly reflecting targeted volume reductions in H2 2020, in
response to the weak coal price environment.
South African thermal
Production of 24.0 million tonnes was 2.9 million tonnes (11%) down
on 2019, reflecting various Covid-19 impacts, including
selfisolation requirements for staff and contractors.
Prodeco
Prodeco has been on temporary care and maintenance since March 2020.
An application for longer-term care and maintenance was refused in
December 2020. Discussions with the authorities are ongoing.
Cerrejón
Cerrejón production was interrupted initially by a mandated shutdown
from Q2-Q3, and subsequently by strike action in Q3-Q4. Production
restarted in December 2020, later than initially expected
Production from own sources - Coal
assets1
|
Unit: mt |
Q4 2019 |
Q1 2020 |
Q2 2020 |
Q3 2020 |
Q4 2020 |
2020 |
2019 |
Change
20vs 19 % |
Change
Q4 20 vs Q4 19 % |
|
Australian coking coal |
3.1 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
7.6 |
9.2 |
(17) |
(35) |
|
Australian semi-soft coal |
1.3 |
1.6 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
4.6 |
6.4 |
(28) |
(23) |
|
Australian thermal coal (export) |
16.4 |
14.5 |
14.9 |
13.5 |
12.8 |
55.7 |
64.2 |
(13) |
(22) |
|
Australian thermal coal (domestic) |
2.4 |
2.0 |
1.7 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
6.4 |
8.6 |
(26) |
(38) |
|
South African thermal coal (export) |
2.9 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
4.3 |
3.3 |
14.8 |
13.0 |
14 |
14 |
|
South African thermal coal (domestic) |
2.8 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
1.8 |
9.2 |
13.9 |
(34) |
(36) |
|
Prodeco |
4.3 |
3.8 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
15.6 |
(76) |
(100) |
|
Cerrejón2 |
2.3 |
2.0 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
4.1 |
8.6 |
(52) |
(87) |
|
Total Coal department |
35.5 |
31.9 |
26.2 |
25.4 |
22.7 |
106.2 |
139.5 |
(24) |
(36) |
1. Controlled industrial assets and joint ventures only. Production
is on a 100% basis except for joint ventures, where the Group's
attributable share of production is included.
2. The Group's pro-rata share of Cerrejón production (33.3%)
Full Year 2021 Production Guidance
|
Unit: mt |
Actual FY 2018 |
Actual FY 2019 |
Actual FY 2020 |
Guidance FY 2021 |
|
Coal |
129 |
121 |
110 |
113
±
4 |
Source from the official website of Glencore |
